It’s Houston, and it’s hot outside. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for a nice warm potato dish, but right now is not the time for it. While I do find it a little difficult to find a great cantaloupe, when I do, it needs to be utilized. This summer salad was the perfect […]
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I have a confession. I LOVE Jack in the Box Tacos. I don’t get to eat them anymore, but they were definitely a part of my childhood. It was an easy and inexpensive meal option for nights after all our extracurricular activities. Healthy: NO. Delicious: YES. The other day I had a craving for them […]
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I suppose this quarantine is good for a few things: Spending quality time with the kids Having to actually cook The time to work on this blog, that has been so dearly neglected. With the lack of being able to go to the grocery store on a daily basis, I’ve been working with what is […]
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There is nothing like hunting for “exotic” ingredients that makes me want to cook a dish more. In this case, it was banana leaves. Apparently they are not as easy as I thought to find in my neighborhood. First, I went to the regular grocery and they clearly had none. I next ventured to Caninos, […]
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I think I may over eat all forms of Asian food, but I definitely don’t regret it. I came across this recipe for biang biang noodles and it was a must try for me. I think the simplicity of the dish really spoke to me along with the rice vinegar. Out of all the vinegars […]
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If anyone isn’t aware, it’s really hot in Houston. Like, unreal. I have turned into a crazy person, which I am blaming on the heat. To explain my crazy: I have set up a little water bath in the back yard for my chickens. I am freezing watermelon and bringing it to them every few […]
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I have come to realize that I cook way more Asian food than anything else. And when I get on a kick, man do I go all out. I think part of the reason I cook a lot of Asian dishes is that they are usually naturally gluten free. There is a lot of rice […]
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Chrissy Teigen is brutally honest, funny, and loves her food. I discovered that one of her favorite things is carrot cake, in which I feel as if she has tried all the recipes and all the carrot cakes the U.S. has to offer. So, needless to say, I trusted her opinion that the Southern Living […]
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Dinner parties are always fun, yet there is always a pressure to make something beautiful and delicious. The other aspect is that you don’t want to be cooking the whole time your guests are over at the house. So tricky to balance all of these details. We had planned this dinner party about 2 months […]
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I think I mentioned a few times how much I love lemon curd. It is definitely a staple in this house and it doesn’t take much for me to find a recipe that could benefit from a nice dollop of it. This memorial day weekend we were able to spend a lot of time at […]
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a goose and a gangster 